Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in... - Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
"Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy."
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"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
"NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi."
"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
"Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."